Wall-bed.



tamed. Mar. 18, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NAPOLEON B. DOUGLASS, OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

WALL-BED.

Specication of Letten Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

Application tiled December 17, 1912. Serial No. 787,231.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, APOLEON B. D oncmss, a citizen of the Uni ed States,residin at Berkeley, in the county of Alameda an State of California,have invented new and useful Im rovements in- Wall-Beds, of which theollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to Wall beds, and pertains especially to a Wallbed arrangeiiient by which a full sized, d0iible bed may be so mountedin a closetliaving a door of ordinary width, that this bed may be swung.

in and out of the closet without interference` with or from the door orthe door jambs.

into or out of u c oset, having a doorway of much less width than thatof the bed; also to provide anl interchangeable,l bed-car ing frameadapted'fur either a right or efthand door, and which may be readilyapplied in wall structures with doorways of different widths ull withoutchange of the frame or the requirement of special parts. This is avery'- important and novel feature. It is -a further object of theinvention to provide u wall bed'mountin in conjunction with acounterweighted d. having lever arms of short radius ada ted to form abutter and su ort for the ed when upright, in addition to'their.ordinary unctions. The invention consists of the parts and theconstruction and combination of parts las hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, havingfroference to the accompany'- invdra'wings,in whichc 4`igurel ism erspeotive of theinvention, with the. be'd ibldedupright and in the room.v Fig. 2 'is a detail perspectiveview of one oftheflever arms of the carrying frame. Fg-is n transverse horizontalsection throngl -a 'wall having a doorway, with the wall bed in frontthereof, 4 isa horizontal section"sl'iowingA thewull bed in reversedconcealed position behind the wall. In Fig. 1 is sh'o'wxia fragment Q;oi a Wall, havin a doorway 3v, upon one .of the jambs of which ishinged'at 3f an ordinary stock door 4.

The present invention contemplates and provides a wall bed structurecomprising a suitable type of bed-frame 5, preferably of metal, andWider than the door opening, and adapted to swing iria-nd out of thei'ecess. The bed-frame isshown inv vertical osition in theseveral:views.V y i l ame 5 is pivot-ally sns'pended by Qlink's 6,connected at one eLndfto 'thebed-'framed the detachableclaxnisri'jtlieir otlier'ei'ids being connected to, suitulilefbrackets'fwhich are detachably seeiiredfto the lieiid-frnnie' 12. 'LinksQ areconnected ut I to the bed-l .frameclamp 'Land at 1l to lieadf'frame 12,

which latter forms an important part ,of the present invention." Frame12', which is ivoted on vertical pivotsadjacen't 'to' the oor butts orbutt edge ofthedoor, is preferably of a continuous iec'e'ofv metal,tubing und carries the bedrame," and is 'adapted l to' swin about averticiilfatis so' is to carry the bed in and out of theclset or recess.his' frame 12 and its bedfrar'ne-han ing 'means are so constructed and`arrange as to provide for a standardization of wall bed construction,whereby the same identical bed can be set up in openings of differentwidths and at either side ofthe opening, accordingto whether. thebed-frame 5 and vthe door 4, with which it is associated, have to-'tiirnto the left or to the right.'"`This is an exi-- tirely new idea inf-thelwall "bedbusiness, Heretofore beds weremude either rightf'oi leftbecause in buildings it is'no'tpossible" 'to have all doors turnthe sameway. Frame 12 is adjustably secured tothe crunk urnis 13-14, havingseiits.13-l4 for the recep tion respectivelv` oi" the u per. and l'owerhorizontal rail portions o th'e'friime' l2; cach-of these armsIlili-sind Mbcing adapted for direct pivotal `jmi'rniilinff .iir'suitable ernbly arranged in thelooradjacent to one of the door jainbs,ofithe Wall 2; This lower ]oulnal receives ii'iid =supports the .flowerentire wei lit o f the ,carrier frame and all of its loa while theupperorank arm 13,

The' bed-Y' crank arm 1,4', whichearries practically/the with itsjournal l5, servesto maintain the frame 12 iii a substantially verticalposition; the journal 15 bein in-the door jamb and independent ofthe oor4.

In order that I may readily mount my wall bed upon either right orleft-hand doors, I prefer to bolt or otherwise detachubly connect,the.,crank arms 13-14 to'the horizontal .membersI of the frame 12'sothat I can; when necessary, adjust the frame 12 sidewise in one'or theother of sets of bolt holes 16. formed in the up er and lower rails ofthe frame, and wliic sets are positioned near the opposite ends of therails. The crank arms 13-14 are 'connected to frame 12 a sufficientdistance to one side of the vertical center of the frame, so that themajor portionof the frame beyond the arms 12E-14 will just havesufficient clearance to allow the frame and bed to swing in and out ofthe closet opening.

The brackets 7 on the bed-frame 5 are at tached 'a short distance fromthe head end of the bed to provide the ri ht fulcrum against thecou'nterweight 5. en the bed is in a vertical, position, it is limitedin its backward movement by a stop 18 oi t-he underside of,v thebrackets 7 which engage the links 9 when the bed is swung `to a verticalposition; with the center of gravity of the bed just inside the pivots 7In order to cause the bed to turn with the door 4 I connect the carrierframe 12 with the adjacent edge of the door by suitable means, as thehook or equivalent device 19 on frame 12, and strap 20.

The crank arms 13-14, which are rigid with and at right angles to thehead-frame 12, just clear the rear edge of the door 4. They are of suchlength that when the door is fully o ened they allow the head-frame 12 tlie flirt. against the door 4; but as the door is only ap roximatelgtwo-thirds the width of an or inary dou le bed and its carrying frame12, and as the frame, 12 is usuali less than one-half the height of thedoor, it is necessary to means for giving a finisi to the back of the,bed and head-frame when turned into the room, which finish shall givethe appearance of a continuous panel or wall behind the bed. It is alsoimportant to make the entire structure as light and artistic as possibleand avoid clumsy, cumbersome construction. To

this end, I attach a panel 22 directly to the back of the bed-carryingframe 12 and toward the side edge thereof which is awa)1 from and is notagainst the door 4; this panel 22 gradually swingin into the plane andi'n continuation of an abutting ed ewise against the door 4, when thelatter as been opened against the wall to expose the bed ready for use.WVhen the door 4 and panel 22 are thus brought into a common plane, theyaggregate a width equal to or rovide some sort of y greater than theoverall Width of the bedcarrying` structure and bed, so that a neat andfinished background or head structure is formed adjacent to the head ofthe bed when the latter is adjusted horizontally.

The door 4 is on one side of the crank \arnis 1314 but no part of thebed structure is supported on door 4; while the panel 22 is on theopposite side of and abuts against the crank arms 13--14 and carried atall times von the frame 12. As the door 4 is closed, the anel 22gradually. moves out of the plane 'o the door 4 until, when the door isfully closed, the.panel 22 stands behind the wall in the closet and in aplane nearly arallel with, but consideraby removed om, the door 4. It isthe coperation et' the rigid arms 13-14, frame 12, door 4, and panel22that forms a combination and mechanical moyement novel and peculiar inthe wall bed business and has resulted in increased economyof'manufacture and reduction of space necessary for manipulation; twoimportant considerations in apartment house construction. f

When the bed is in the closet, as in Fig. 4, access may be had to theinterior of the closet by simply opening the door 4 sufficiently toermit a person to pass inte the closet. W en the bed is arranged inexosedI position, with the door 4 opened', as in Fi 3, ingress andegress is provided aroun the edge of the panel 22 and the op osite doorjoist.

n practice these folding beds are made up in standard sizes,4 usuallydouble width. They will go in any ordinary sized o ening and with anyordinary door. If a oor is hung to open from right to left, as in Fig.1, then the bed is hung in the manner therein shown. If the door happensto be hung to swing in the opposite direction, then the head-frame 12'issim l turned around and the brackets 8 and lin s 9 clamped on the otherside of the head-frame.

One of the'great features of this in't'en,F tion, as -far as the bedconstruction is concerned, is the interchangeability and itsadaptability to different conditions of' use. The arrangement of thestops 18 is also an important matter as it saves lthe marring of thedoor and an'el by preventing the foot rail of the be -frame fromswinging back against the woodwork.

Havin thus described my invention, what I c aim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. In a wall bed, the combination with a wall havingan opening therethrough of a pair of crank arms journaled at one side otthe opening, a head-frame supported by said crank arms, said head-frameand crank arms constructed and arranged so that the headframe may beconnected to the crank arms at different distances from the centerthereof attached to either front or back of said headtrainery accordingto which side of the headt'raxue is outermost.

A wall bed having a head-fra1ne, means t'or hanging it to swing fromside to side aboutvertical pivots, a bed-frame, fupper and lower linkssupporting the bed-frame on the head-:trame to enable the bed-frame tobe moved from a horizontal to a vertical posit-ion, or vice versa, andstops on the bedt'rame coacting with one set of links to limit. thevertical swinging movement of the bedframe.

3. In a wall bed, the combination of a head-frame, means for mountingthe headframe to swing about vertical pivots, brackets secured to thehead-frame, suspending links carried by the brackets, a bedtrame hungfrom said links, a second pair ot' links which have one endl connectedto the head-frame below said brackets and their other end pivoted belowthe first mentioned links to the bed-frame, and stops carried by andextending rearwardly of the bed-frame engageable with the second set oflinks when the bed is turnedyinto upright, vertical position.

4. In a wall bed, the combination of a head-frame made of a continuouspiece of metal tubing, crank arms having pintl'es at one end forengagement in suitable bearings, means for supporting the head-frame onsaid crank arms to turn about said pintles as a vertical pivot, bracketsinterchangeably and reversibly connected to the side members of saidhead-frame, a folding bedirame, suspending links piyotally connected..to said brackets on the head-traine and pivoted tn the bed-frame, and aset of interchangeable and reversible links detachably pivoted to theside portions of the head-frame and also pivoted to the bed-frame.

In a reversible Wall bed, ,the combination with a recess having anordinary door closure therefor, ofla bed considerably wider than theclosure pivoted to, the side of the opening adjacent to the door buttsbutindependent of the door, said bedincluding a head-frame, the pivotsof said bed being intermediate the sides of the head-frame, saidhead-frame extending over the major portion of the door having a partprojecting considerably beyond the butt edge of the door, said framecarrying a panel which is substantially the same height as. the door,

said panel and door constructed and ar ranged whereby, when the door andheadframe are swung into the VVVroom and sub` stantially parallel withythe wall, said panel and door will lie in the same plane and insubstantial continuation of each other,` and when the door is closedandy t-he head-frame is in the closet., the panel and door will stand indilierent planes. y, y

6. In a wall bed, the combination ofia .floorf hinged at one edge, abed-carrying frame pivoted between its side edges on Vertical pivotsadjacent'to the door hinges and independent of the door, one side ofsaid frame extending over the'door and the other side of the framecarrying a Vertical panel, said door and panel constructed and-arrangedwhereby, when the door is opened substantially parallel with its openingand said frame is turned into parallelism with the door.- said anel willlie substantial continuationof said door, and when the parts arereversed through anaro of 180O said panel and door will stand indifferent planes.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence df twosubscribing witnesses. l

NAPOLEON Bi Doncipass. l/Vitnesses W. W. HEALEY, Zon HARRISON.

